Frank <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Did a search, but there seems a few out there. Any personal
> recommendations?
> Thanks
> Frank
Are you asking about checking for an existing infection or
preventing/immediately finding future infections? The answer is
rather different. The following answer is oriented toward the former.
The latter is also rather dependent upon what other software you use,
how you use it (e.g., firewall, antivirus, antispyware, filesharing),
which sites you visit, and what files you download.
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GFI is supposed to have a very good scanning engine. Per Robert, the
online scanner can be found at
http://www.trojanscan.com/
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Pest Patrol has an online scanner! Just found out about it today. The
new version this summer is supposed to be much better. The prior
version had a rather mixed reception.
http://www.pestscan.com/Scan.asp
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All of the major antivirus products (Norton/Symmantec, Panda, Trend,
etc.) detect some trojans, although how well...? For some links, see
my Aug 15, 2003, post "Re: Sneak Preview: revised PL About, Info,
Links pages" online antivirus extract below. I know there are others
as well. Spybot, ad-aware, and some other adware/spyware scanners
also detect some trojans.
Also see the discussion of startup managers, startup monitors, and
process monitors in ACF. The thread mentioned above also has four
good sites for gathering more information.
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Other free scanners:
Bazooka is unsatisfactory.
X-Cleaner Free is poor.
SwatIt (free scanner) is below average.
SpyHunter (free scanner) appears to be about average -- and a bit
better than ad-aware which in turn is a bit better than Spybot this
spring (fall for those "down under") for general adware/spyware. I
don't know how any of these do against serious malware.
Spy Audit (free version) is very fast! and appears to catch everything
that ad-aware and/or Spybot report, but without identifying the
location or specific malware, so it is useful only as a very quick
initial check. It also reminds me of McAfee: threats are exaggerated.
Hope this info helps. Please let us know what you find, especially if
you talk to a security newsgroup.
BillR.
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(E-Mail Removed) (BillR) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
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> The following sites offer online virus scanning.
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>
> BitDefender
> by Softwin
> http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/Msie/index.php
>
> McAfee VirusScan Online
> by Network Associates
> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/avdo...fsdownload.asp
>
> Panda ActiveScan
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/default.asp
>
> PCPitstop
> (Panda based?)
> http://pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
>
> Rav
> by GeCAD (now MS owned?)
> http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/
>
> Symantec Security Check
> (Norton AntiVirus related)
> http://security.norton.com/default.a...d=us&venid=sym
>
> Trend Micro Housecall
> (Pc-Cillin related)
> http://housecall.antivirus.com/
>
>
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